Colour Theory

A colour circle, based on red, yellow and blue, the chromatic colours, is traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colours in 1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept.

The Great Manchester Health Experiment uses colour wheel to measure and influence people’s happiness (2011) Optimist World. Available at: http://optimistworld.com/Great-Manchester-Health-Experiment-colour-wheel-happiness/ (Accessed: 20 October 2014).

We can define colours by;

• Lightness
• Saturation 
• Hue

Words to describe colour include;

Light, dark, pale, matte, shiny, satin, deep, intense, dull, muted, clear, cool, warm, dynamic

What are Primary Colors plus ......Secondary & Tertiary In-Betweens ?(no date). Color Wheels for Primary Colors, Secondary Colors and Tertiary Colors. Available at: http://www.color-wheel-artist.com/primary-colors.html (Accessed: 20 October 2014).

Primary Colours; these are the colours that cant be mixed or formed by any other colour combination. All other colours are created from these.

Secondary Colours: Green, Orange and Purple are formed by mixing the primary colours.

Tertiary Colours: these are formed by mixing primary and secondary colours.

Colour context is how the colours behave in realtion to each other. 

Complementary- colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel

Analogous- colours the are next to each other on the colour wheel.

Achromatic- white, black and all shades of grey.

Monochromatic- working with all shades of one colour

In class we had to recreate our monochromatic face chart on a class mate.

I like the effect that the contouring gave, almost gave an alien look to my model. I started with a white base achieved with Illamasqua Skin Base 01 and used Kryolan eyeshadows in Shallot, Black Pepper, Sage Blossom and Lavender to build the colour and contour on the face. To create the eyeliner and lip colour I mixed MAC Lipmix in Blue, Red and White.
I think I managed to get the final look to reflect the facechart however the blending needed more work. This is something I will take into account next time.